Achieving heightened states of existence, in any form will initiate growth and that growth can sometimes be painful.
But the alternative will lead to stagnation, impotence and eventually darkness.

Nature is the ultimate example, the only constant is growth, it strives to grow every day, its a principle of its existence.
By growing, nature initiates beauty, life and source.

A tree waiting to explode with life exists in all of us, it just needs life, love and care.
This seed of source, of light and of growth is exactly what will quell the pain and fear of the growth itself!!